LSU Notebook: Florida coach Muschamp not as concerned with statistics

11:04 PM,
Oct. 8, 2013

Louisiana State running back Kenny Hilliard (27) looks for running room Saturday as Mississippi State linebackers Benardrick McKinney (50) and Beniquez Brown close the gap. LSU won, 59-26. LSU will play Florida on Saturday in Baton Rouge.

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Florida football coach Will Muschamp was a statistics nerd when he was a defensive coordinator at Louisiana State, Auburn and Texas before becoming the head coach at Florida in 2011.

"I can tell you right now, I used to grab those stat sheets when I was a coordinator," Muschamp said this week as he prepares to return to LSU to play the Tigers at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Tiger Stadium. "Not anymore. There's one stat that matters, and that's winning. Do what you gotta do to win games. It's hard enough on Saturday afternoons without worrying about all the other stuff. Just do what you gotta do to win."